RT Article
T1 Mapping criminological engagements within radicalization studies
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 59
IS 6
SP 1288
OP 1308
A1 Ahmad, Fahad
A1 Monaghan, Jeffrey 1980-
A2 Monaghan, Jeffrey 1980-
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1677754540
AB Radicalization theories positing a process towards violence are de rigueur in policy circles yet solicit mixed reactions within the academy. Attempting to build a more robust theory of radicalization, scholars have turned towards criminology. On the basis of a survey of literature where radicalization engages criminology, this article maps theories taken up to advance knowledge of radicalization as a process towards terrorist violence. The mapping exercise demonstrates a growing spectrum of criminological theories referenced by radicalization studies; however, these engagements have been selective: tending towards individualistic theories with limited (but recent) engagements with constructivist and structural theory. Contributing to critical interventions within the accelerating domains of theorizing radicalization to violence, we conclude that these engagements lack some of criminology’s broader reflexivity about its object of study.
K1 Radicalization
K1 Criminology
K1 Terrorism
K1 Security
K1 Theory
DO 10.1093/bjc/azz023